Don't EVER apologize for being WHO you are...we never know who was in the 'nigger' pile...don't know how else to describe it, coming from the south thats how they said it, but I AM NOT PREJUDICED one bit, thats just a southern saying...I am NA maternally and very PROUD OF IT...Cherokee...my mother was 1/2 half and I have no PROBLEMS with it whatsoever!!...if someone else does, Rita...remember THAT is their problem, not yours. Our NA ancestors were here LONG before the whites!! and rightly so!! One of my ggg aunts was a Medicine Woman...I believe I am too...if not, then I have no clue where I have the total instinct of nature and plants and healing I have. My mother was a beauty, long black hair and the blackest penetrating eyes one could dwell into and sink. >From what I have gathered your Martha is as you say...I think who you need to talk to is Frances [email protected] Keep the wind at your back and the gossip in the air...nena _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com